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Districts Hire Firm To Study School Use

September 03, 1998|By Betsey Boldt.

Spring Grove Elementary School District 11 board members hired Norland, Sloan & Association of DeKalb on Wednesday night to prepare a study for the use of Richmond-Burton High School. Earlier Wednesday evening, Richmond Elementary School District 13 board members approved the same measure.

Both grade schools feed into the high school and have agreed to use the high school building to house 6th, 7th and 8th graders when the new high school opens in the fall of 2000.

The firm will study two options for the school boards. One is to consolidate the two grade school districts. The other option is to maintain separate districts in the same building.

The study will cost each district $7,000. Norland, Sloan & Association will provide legal opinions, answer financial questions, conduct facility studies and supply projections for school enrollments and village populations, according to the proposal.